Conrad in Nevada

Powder stashes at Sugar Bowl Resort a few weeks ago.

184 days to go

"She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good meal—Antonio."
—On Laura Bush's inviting U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia to dinner at the White House; NBC Nightly News; January 14, 2001

185 days to go

"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."
—Houston, TX; September 6, 2000

186 days to go

"I want to thank the dozens of welfare-to-work stories, the actual examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to embetter themselves."
—Washington, D.C.; April 18, 2002

187 days to go

"I like my buddies from West Texas. I liked them when I was young. I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I liked them during president, and I like them after president."
—Nashville, TN; February 1, 2006

More senseless rambling from the King himself.

188 days to go

"The goals of this country is to enhance prosperity and peace."
—Speaking at the White House Conference on Global Literacy; New York, NY; September 18, 2006

189 days to go

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."
—Interviews with The New York Times; March 15, 2000

A glimpse into the complex thought processes of Dubya.

190 days to go

"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level."
—Discussing his support of medical liability reform; Washington, D.C.; March 10, 2006

191 days to go

"The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guily...I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas."
—Interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered; June 16, 2000

One of myriad classic Freudian slips for Dubya. Hear the interview here on NPR's Web site.

192 days to go

"I regret that a private comment I made to the vice-presidential candidate made it through the public airways."
—Allentown, PA; September 5, 2000

193 days to go

"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and community-based community for being here."
—Washington, D.C.; September 6, 2005

What did he say?

194 days to go

"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."
—Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show; September 19, 2000

195 days to go

"The government is not the surplus's money, Vice President."
—As quoted in The Washington Post; November 5, 2000

Not quite sure if Dubya is addressing Dick or the budget here.

196 days to go

"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it."
—Omaha, NE; June 7, 2006

197 days to go

"The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like."
—New York, NY; September 21, 2004

198 days to go

"What I'm suggesting to you is, if you can't name the foreign minister of Mexico, therefore, you know, you're not capable of what you do. But the truth of the matter is you are, whether you can or not."
—As quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; November 6, 1999

199 days to go

"The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has come and is coming."
—Discussing his anti-Al Gore advertisement in an interview with The New York Times; September 2, 2000

WTF?? Finally, under 200 days to go.

200 days to go

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
—Philadelphia, PA; May 14, 2001

201 days to go

"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you."
—Gulfport, MS; September 20, 2005

Mo' betta, mo' betta, mo betta'...

202 days to go

"And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
—To FEMA director Mike Brown, who resigned ten days later amid criticism over his job performance; Mobile, AL; September 2, 2005

Mike Brown continued the lies during a Congressional investigation by going on record stating Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco never asked for Federal aid for New Orleans.

203 days to go

"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do."
—On the bombing of the Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq; Washington, D.C.; March 13, 2006

204 days to go

"They have miscalculated me as a leader."
—Westminster, CA; September 13, 2000

Only as a leader?

205 days to go

"There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids, upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but, having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like."
—Washington, D.C.; December 11, 2002

WTF is he talking about??

206 days to go

"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not, I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."
—Des Moines, IA; August 21, 2000

Any idiot who voted for Dubya deserves everything coming to them.

207 days to go

"It's important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots."
—Remarks to the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, the 2000 national champions; Washington, D.C.; May 31, 2001

Dubya thought he was attending a roast of the women's volleyball team.

208 days to go

"I'm the master of low expectations."
—Aboard Air Force One; June 4, 2003

Please meet President Select, George W. Bush.

209 days to go

"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about encouraging people to return at the moment in history."
—Washington, D.C.; September 19, 2005

Sadly, nobody told Dubya that the levees already broke three weeks prior to this statement.